
America’s foster care system is facing a serious crisis, and the government has not only been making it worse — but stealing from orphans who need help the most.
It’s called the “orphan tax,” and Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Alex Adams has been dedicated to exposing it.
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“Essentially, a child’s parents died, that child’s parents had worked, so they were entitled to some social security through earned benefits through work,” Adams tells Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck.
“Traditionally the child would be eligible for the survivor’s benefit, but in 29 states, when that child entered foster care, the state was saying ‘we are now the parent of that child. We’re going to take that survivor’s benefit from them,’” he explains.
“These states were essentially stealing from orphans
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